Javi Medina

Javi Medina
Personal information
Full name Javier Medina Morales
Date of birth (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth El Garrobo, Spain
Team information
Current team
 Unionistas (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2018–2019 Gerena (assistant)
2019–2022 Betis B (assistant)
2022–2023 Antequera (assistant)
2023–2025 Antequera
2025 Betis B
2026– Unionistas

Javier "Javi" Medina Morales (born 31 January 1994) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Unionistas de Salamanca CF.

Career

Born in El Garrobo, Seville, Andalusia, Medina worked as a coach at CMD San Juan, UD Pilas and CD Gerena before joining Manuel Ruano's staff at Betis Deportivo Balompié initially as a technical assistant; he later became an assistant after Pablo del Pino became a manager of the B's. He left the latter in 2022, and became an assistant of Abel Segovia at Antequera CF in July of that year.

On 6 June 2023, after Segovia failed to agree new terms with the club, Medina was named manager of Antequera in Primera Federación; aged 29, he became the youngest manager in the top three divisions of Spanish football. He made his senior debut as a manager on 26 August, in a 2–0 away loss to Atlético Madrid B.

On 28 December 2023, Medina renewed his contract with Antequera until 2025. He left the club on 12 June 2025, after missing out promotion in the play-offs, and returned to Betis and their B-team four days later, now as manager.

On 26 December 2025, Medina was sacked as Betis Deportivo manager, with the side sitting rock bottom of their group with only two wins from 17 league matches. The following 9 June, he replaced Mario Simón at the helm of Unionistas de Salamanca CF, also in the third division.

Managerial statistics

As of 20 December 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Antequera Spain 6 June 2023 12 June 2025 80322424106101+5040.00
Betis B Spain 16 June 2025 26 December 2025 1725101124−13011.76
Total 97342934117125−8035.05 —

References

  1. ↑ "Javi Medina: "Nuestro método es exigirnos mucho y jugar bien al fútbol"" [Javi Medina: "Our method is to demand a lot of ourselves and to play football well"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Plantilla Betis Deportivo" [Betis Deportivo squad] (in Spanish). Real Betis. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Javier Medina: entrenar al Antequera en Primera RFEF a los 29 años" [Javier Medina: managing Antequera in Primera RFEF at the age of 29] (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "#Deportes #Fútbol ⚽️🆕 Javi Medina y Ernesto Mancebo se suman al cuerpo técnico del Antequera CF encabezado por Abel Segovia. El primero ejercerá las funciones de 2º entrenador y el otro las de preparador de porteros" [#Sports #Football ⚽️🆕 Javi Medina and Ernesto Mancebo join the technical staff of Antequera CF headed by Abel Segovia. The former will work as an assistant manager and the other one will be a goalkeeping coach.]. 101tv Antequera (in Spanish). Facebook. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Javier Medina" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Javier Medina] (in Spanish). Antequera CF. 6 June 2023. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Javier Medina es el nuevo entrenador del Antequera" [Javier Medina is the new manager of Antequera] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "El complicado inicio del Antequera de Javi Medina, el benjamín de 1ª RFEF" [The tough start of Javi Medina's Antequera, the benjamín of 1ª RFEF] (in Spanish). Grada 3. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Debut amargo en Primera Federación del Antequera CF con el Atlético de Madrid B (2–0)" [Bittersweet debut of Antequera CF in Primera Federación with Atlético de Madrid B (2–0)] (in Spanish). 101tv Antequera. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Javier Medina, entrenador del Antequera hasta 2025" [Javier Medina, Antequera manager until 2025] (in Spanish). Málaga Hoy. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Javier Medina" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Javier Medina] (in Spanish). Antequera CF. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Javi Medina, nuevo entrenador del Betis Deportivo" [Javi Medina, new manager of Betis Deportivo] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Javi Medina deja de ser entrenador del Betis Deportivo" [Javi Medina ceases to be the manager of Betis Deportivo] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 26 December 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "Javi Medina, nuevo entrenador de Unionistas de Salamanca" [Javi Medina, new manager of Unionistas de Salamanca] (in Spanish). Unionistas de Salamanca CF. 9 June 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Matches Javi Medina, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
    "Matches Javi Medina, 2024–25 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "Matches Javi Medina, 2025–26 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 7 December 2025.